4-21-1977PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION
April 21, 1977
Regular meeting of April 21, 1977
A regular meeting of the Golden Valley Park and Recreation Commission was held
on Thursday, April 21, 1977, at the Brookview Community Center, 8200 Wayzata
Blvd., Golden Valley, Minnesota.
Chairman Brown presided and the following members were present: Eastes,
Haglund, Jaffe, Kahn, King, and Petersen; members absent: Hammer and White.
MINUTES
The minutes of the meeting of March 31, 1977, were approved as printed, with
the exception that the word "recommend" be added to the motion regarding the
Park and Recreation Commission's action regarding the inclusion of trails to
its responsibility instead of that of the Open Space Commission; thereby having
the motion read: "It was moved by Petersen and seconded by Hammer to recommend
that the Council not include . . . . ."
DUTCH ELM REPORT
John Brenna reported that Golden Valley is preparing to hire another forester
because of the recent loss of our previous forester. Mr. Brenna also said
that Golden Valley will follow a Dutch Elm program similar to that of St. Louis
Park, whereby residents will have some of the costs picked up by the City and
another percentage picked up by the state. There is no provision for re—
forestration, only for cutting down diseased trees and hauling them away. Mr.
Brenna said that because that there are very few elm trees in the park system,
our parks will not be affected much by Dutch Elm disease. The percentages
of costs that the city and state may pick up for residents could run up to
forty per cent (40%) of the expense, depending upon final action by the
legislature.
OTHER REPORTS BY DIRECTOR BRENNA
1. City Council action has given the Park and Recreation Commission juris—
diction over the City's trail program rather than have that area in the realm
of the Open Space Commission. This action was recommended by the Park and
Recreation Commission at a recent Council meeting.
2. The conflict between District #281 Community Education Department and the
several suburban recreation departments over electricity charges and programming
duplication will be discussed at a meeting on April 26th, at which will be
present the various parties involved, in an effort to have a more cooperative
attitude and avoid programming duplication.
3. Brookview Golf Course will have 18 holes ready for play on or about June
1st.
4. Mr. Brenna will be interviewing candidates for the CETA position
recently created for a Senior Citizen Coordinator for Golden Valley.
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NEW MEETING DAY AND TIME
Jaffe moved that the regular meeting date of the Park and Recreation
Commission be changed to the first Thursday of each month. Sue Eastes
seconded by motion. Motion carried. The Commission members also decided
to try for an earlier meeting time of 7:00 p.m. The date change was
considered desirable in order to more easily get recommendations and minutes
to the Council for their regular meeting dates.
WORK PLAN — REQUEST BY THE COUNCIL FOR GOALS
After much discussion and many suggestions by Commission members, the enclosed
work plan was tentatively agreed upon. It was moved by Kahn and seconded by
Haglund to submit this work plan plus the Commission's regular monthly
calendar to the Council for our total work plan for the 1977—early 1978 year.
Motion carried.
NEXT MEETING
The Park and Recreation Commission will meet again on Thursday, May 5th, at
7:00 p.m.
Meeting adjourned at 10:05 p.m.
Chairman Brown Vice Chairman Hammer
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